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Jon Vaitl lands federal clerkship with Judge John E. Jones III

4/11/17

Jon Vaitl knows the value of hard work — but that sometimes luck isn’t such a bad thing, either. The third-year law student at Dickinson Law has secured a coveted federal clerkship with Judge John E. Jones III ’80, Middle District of Pennsylvania, a position for which Vaitl neither applied nor interviewed. That’s the luck part.

Nader Amer and Michael Slobom Win Dickinson Law 1L Mock Trial Competition

Nader Amer and Michael Slobom win 1L Mock Trial Competition

4/4/17

The competition was tough, and it was a close decision. First-year law students Nader Amer and Michael Slobom earned the win at Dickinson Law’s 1L mock trial competition on March 17 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. Sixteen teams competed in the competition, which was co-chaired by third-year law students and National Trial Team members Francesca Kester and Christian Burne.

Butler Receives Highest Honor of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine

Butler receives National Academy of Legal Sciences' highest honor

4/3/17

William E. Butler, the John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at Dickinson Law, received the Gold Medal from the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. The National Academy’s highest honor, the Gold Medal recognizes meritorious services to Ukrainian law.

Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome

Groome offers international criminal law expertise at international meeting

3/13/17

Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome was one of several experts to attend an international meeting of senior experts convened by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9 at The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss the establishment and operations of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria.

Samantha Divine Jallah '14

Aliens Among Us: Inspiring stories of women who survived war and immigration

2/28/17

Dickinson Law will host a presentation on Aliens Among Us: A Q&A about immigration. The life of a refugee or immigrant is mysteriously hopeful yet filled with the anxiety of uncertainty. Anxious uncertainty also describes the angst communities feel as refugees and immigrants impact their norms. Shaped by the atrocities of a brutal civil war, three women will share their experiences as first- and second-generation immigrants from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle. A question-and-answer session about immigration will follow.

Emmett Jack Lundberg

Filmmaker and writer Emmett Jack Lundberg to visit Dickinson Law

2/27/17

On March 29 the Dickinson Law community will welcome filmmaker and writer Emmett Jack Lundberg, creator of BROTHERS, an original, narrative web series following the daily lives of four transgender male friends in Brooklyn dealing with issues such as homophobia, transphobia, dysphoria, dating and more.

Penn State Law Review Annual Symposium registration now open

2/14/17

Penn State Law Review (PSLR) will present “Breach of the Public (Dis)Trust: Political Corruption and Government Ethics in 2017” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 17, in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. The full program will be simulcast to University Park. Registration is available online.

Monique Lin-Luse, assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund

BLSA to host featured speaker in honor of Black History Month

2/14/17

Monique Lin-Luse, assistant counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Education Fund, will deliver a keynote focused on desegregation of schools and educational issues on Monday, Feb. 27, as part of Black History Month. Hosted by Dickinson Law’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA), her lecture will take place at 6 p.m. in Lewis Katz Hall, room 112, Carlisle.

Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship

Dickinson Law's Francesca Kester receives Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship

1/30/17

Third-year law student Francesca Kester was named the 2016 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship. Michael J. McDonald, a 1979 alumnus and managing partner of McDonald and MacGregor LLC, presented the award to Kester in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, located in Lewis Katz Hall at Dickinson Law.

Dickinson Law students offer free tax services

1/30/17

Dickinson Law students are offering free tax preparation services to people with low and fixed incomes, people who have disabilities or special needs, and senior citizens aged 60 or older.

Dickinson Law students work alongside courthouse canine as part of in-house legal clinic

Dickinson Law students work alongside courthouse canine

1/17/17

Law students in Dickinson Law’s Children’s Advocacy Clinic represent children who have been through stressful and traumatic experiences, often resulting in intense cases in the courtroom. They now have a partner who’s helping to relieve some of the anxiety that children experience while testifying at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Third-year Dickinson Law student Rue-Ann Gabriel (left) meets Diego and his handler, Lindsay Baird, at the Cumberland County Courthouse.

Dickinson Law's Public Interest Law Fund Auction fundraiser set for March 16

1/17/17

The Public Interest Law Fund Auction (PILF) will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on March 16 at Carlisle Comfort Suites. The annual auction serves as PILF’s main fundraising event, and all monies raised directly fund summer fellowships for Dickinson Law students at nonprofit legal organizations or government agencies.

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